Electro-Harmonix Pico Deep Freeze Sound Retainer Sustain Pedal

Latch

Play a note or chord and then press and release the footswitch to activate the effect and light the LED green. After you release the footswitch, the effect remains active and your sound sustains indefinitely. Double-tap the footswitch to end the frozen sound and enter bypass.

Each time you press down on the footswitch, the sound present at the Input jack is frozen. The Speed/Layer knob allows you to layer frozen sounds. The setting of the knob�at the moment you press the footswitch�sets the volume level of previous layers. Turn down Speed/Layer to minimum to disable layering; set to max to allow frozen layers to remain at full volume.

Moment

Play a note or chord and then press and hold the footswitch to activate the effect and light the LED. The freeze effect sustains indefinitely while you hold down the footswitch. Release the footswitch and the Deep Freeze enters bypass.

Auto

The Deep Freeze detects each new note or chord you play and freezes it automatically. Press the footswitch to engage the effect and light the LED red. Double-tap the footswitch to return to bypass.

The Speed knob sets the fade-out time of the auto freeze. When Speed is set to maximum, the sustained notes do not fade out. While Auto is engaged, press and hold the footswitch to stop accepting new notes and sustain the freeze indefinitely, allowing you to play over the frozen sound.

Speed / Layer

In Latch mode, this knob controls how much of the previously frozen sound is layered onto your new freeze. In Moment mode, this knob controls how quickly the frozen signal fades in and out.

In Auto mode, by default, this knob controls the fade-out time of the frozen sounds after you play a new note/chord. This can be changed to affect the attack instead of the decay of the signal.

Gliss

This knob adjusts the speed of the gliss effect. Gliss morphs one frozen note or chord into the next and is similar to the portamento function found on many synthesizers.

As you turn the Gliss knob clockwise, the gliss time increases. To turn gliss off completely, turn the Gliss knob down all the way to its full counterclockwise position.

Auto Decay and Attack Modes

While in Auto mode, by default, the Speed knob controls the decay time of the freeze effect. The higher the Speed knob setting, the longer the decay time.

At maximum, the frozen signal does not decay, it continues indefinitely. Optionally, you can change the Speed knob to control attack time instead of decay. In this case, the higher the Speed knob setting, the slower the attack time.

Bypass Modes

The Deep Freeze features three distinct bypass topologies:

• Digital bypass: the default bypass type, this mode allows for the smoothest transitions when entering and exiting bypass
• Analog bypass: the bypass signal is analog and buffered, giving you the purest, least-colored sound in bypass mode
• Hybrid bypass: when you switch from effect to bypass, your bypass signal is initially digital, but the pedal will seamlessly switch to analog bypass when there's a brief gap in your playing, offering both a smooth bypass transition as well as the uncolored qualities of an analog buffer

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